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3 dni temu · Daniela Rößler: From a research perspective, the whole visual being of jumping spiders really excited me. They have eight eyes and two really big ones that are forward facing. They totally hunt ...
Why do jumping spiders wave at you? Jumping spiders often wave their pedipalps – leg-like structures at the front of their head – which is probably what you observed waving. They use these to signal other members of their species (mate attraction) and to help capture prey.
3 dni temu · During the pandemic, Daniela Rößler felt cooped up. She couldn't go out. So she started looking around her for her next research project. She found a really ...
4 sty 2024 · It’s not possible to read a spider’s mind, but research has uncovered some surprising insights about how they behave around humans. Take the Jorō spider, Trichonephila clavata.
27 paź 2021 · Although spiders are sometimes thought of as being creepy crawly animals, new evidence suggests some get scared and assess danger in almost the same way as humans.
26 lip 2021 · The researchers chose jumping spiders to test biological motion cues because the animals, with eight eyes, are among the most visually adept of all arthropods. The team placed the spiders, a species called Menemerus semilimbatus, into a forced-choice experiment.
12 sty 2024 · Jumping spiders (from the family Salticidae) usually move in a way you’d expect it to, though they can jump while hunting or facing threats.
